The perfectly preserved pie is a consumable item in Fallout 4.
Characteristics[]
Port-A-Diner Guaranteed Fresh Pies are pre-War fruit pies that have been contained in the glass domes of Port-A-Diners for extended periods of time.[1][Non-game 1] The pie closely resembles a vanilla tart pie or cheesecake slice with a red-colored sauce and whipped cream or frosting topping.
They have a low chance of being grabbed by the machine's claw and given to the player character.
Obtaining[]
The perfectly preserved pie can be obtained from any Port-A-Diner, with a small chance of dispensing. Obtaining the pie on any particular attempt is determined by the formula...
- ...where...
- chance: the percentage chance of obtaining the pie
- luck: the Sole Survivor's Luck, even if the Port-A-Diner is operated by a companion
- attempts: the number of previous attempts made to obtain the pie
- ...thus, even with a Luck of 10, there is still only a 2% chance of obtaining the pie on the first attempt.
By cumulative probabilities, a Sole Survivor with Luck 5 has a 50% chance of obtaining the pie within the first 36 attempts. Luck 10 reduces that to 26 attempts, while Luck 1 doesn't reach those odds until 49 attempts.
Depending on the Sole Survivor's Luck, it takes between 75 and 105 attempts to reach a 95% chance of getting the pie, and 109 to 140 attempts to reach a 99.5% chance of getting the pie.
Locations[]
Perfectly preserved pie locations[]
One can be found in a wall mounted Eat-o-tronic in the Mechanist's lair.
Two slices of pie can be found on the counter in Cappy's Cafe, not contained within a Port-A-Diner.- One can be found above the entrance to Fizztop Mountain, only accessible by dropping from a beam above.
Port-A-Diner locations[]
| Specific Location | Region | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.I.T. ruins | Cambridge |  |
In the third floor kitchen area. West side of Rotunda. |
| Dugout Inn | Diamond City |  |
Inside the door and to the right (the pie must be stolen). |
| Super Duper Mart | Lexington |  |
Patio outside to the left. Patio is between the garage and Super Duper Mart. |
| Dartmouth Professional Building | Back Bay |  |
Just inside the building. |
| Graygarden | The Commonwealth |  |
Head southeast down the hill towards the river. It's in the center of a circle of Pulowski Preservation shelters. |
| Massachusetts State House | Boston Common |  |
Relatively at the end of the Raiders section. |
| USS Constitution | Charlestown |  |
In the corner of the boardwalk in front of the USS Constitution. |
| Fallon's department store | West Roxbury |  |
Inside the east entrance. |
| Mean Pastries | North End |  |
Inside next to a door. |
| Hub 360 | Theater District |  |
On the ground floor. |
| Malden Middle School | Malden |  |
West of Malden Middle School located on a patio. |
| Fort Strong | The Commonwealth |  |
On a boat with a Nuka-Cola machine seen from Fort Strong to the southeast. |
| Drumlin Diner | The Commonwealth |  |
On a flatbed truck with a green shipping container opposite the diner. |
| Medford Memorial Hospital | Malden |  |
On the ground floor, in the cafeteria area. |
| Mass Bay Medical Center | South Boston |  |
Ground floor kitchen area near the south entrance. |
| The Dig | Goodneighbor |  |
In the section with the trains, near a fragile wall. |
 Eden Meadows Cinemas
|
The Island |  |
In the small diner between the two screens. |
 Nuka-World junkyard
|
Nuka-World |  |
In a large warehouse, next to a fusion generator. |
| Nuka-station
|
Nuka-World |  |
In the southernmost house in the town just south of the Nuka-station. |
| Nuka-Town USA
|
Nuka-World |  |
To the right after exiting the Cola-cars arena, before the Nuka-Town market. |
Notes[]
- During the quest The Big Dig, Mel will comment on the pie upon encountering the Port-A-Diner located in the Dig, saying that he would not trust anything that has been perfectly preserved for 200 years.
- In Survival mode, the pie has no food value, owing to a data keyword bug.
- There is a machine located in the Nuka-World junkyard that will always give the pie on the first attempt.
- Inside Nuka World's Fizztop Mountain, there is a scene hidden above the exit doors, with Jangles the Moon Monkey holding a perfectly preserved pie while sitting on a toilet that's splattered with what appears to be Vault-Tec's food paste.
Bugs[]
The Port-A-Diner in Medford Memorial Hospital will not dispense the pie; the animation shows the pie being delivered but the machine remains empty, and the pie will no longer be visible.[verified]
References[]
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook p. 156: "Contained within the storage of a Port-A-Diner, this slice of fruit pie has been shielded from the radioactive environment since before the Great War, meaning that isn't irradiated at all. Copious quantities of preservatives were used in making the pie, so it's still as edible as it was the day it was made."
